WITNESS LIST

            Ways & Means Committee

            May 3, 2017 - 8:00 AM

            HB 660

                 For:

                                 Geller, Elchanan (Self)

                                 Geller, Simcha Nachman (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Geller, Michael (Self)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

            HB 976

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

            HB 1164

                 For:

                                 Bailey, Chuck (American Rental Association)

                                 Dupy, Fred (Self; Texas Rental Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Besserman, Kenneth (Texas Restaurant Assn)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

            HB 1228

                 For:

                                 Brasovan, Mike (Self; Electricity users around Texas)

                                 Werner, John (Self; Source Power and Gas LLC)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Albarado, Isaac (AEP Texas)

                                 Chaney, Brent (Vistra Energy, TXU Energy, Luminant)

                                 Gibbs, Gary (AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company)

                                 Heck, Jess (SouthWest Water Company)

                                 LeBas, James (AECT)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Peddy, Dale (Entergy Texas)

                                 Posey, Jake (Exelon)

                                 Reinhart, Patrick (El Paso Electric Co.)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Wall, Perrin (CenterPoint Energy)

                                 Withrow, Damon (Xcel Energy)

                 On:

                                 Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission)

            HB 2106

                 For:

                                 Gallagher Parker, Katy (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

            HB 2133

                 For:

                                 Durr, Rodney (Self; Grand Prairie Family Church)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)

                                 Khan, Imaad (Texas Impact)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

            HB 2621

                 For:

                                 Lawrence, Donna (Denbury Resources)

                                 Schnacke, Greg (Denbury Resources Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas Royalty Council)

                                 LeBas, James (TXOGA)

                                 Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)

                 On:

                                 Carmichael, Katherine (Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association)

            HB 2868

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Gamboa, Kimberly (Self; TAAD)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Hunt, Deborah (Self; Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                                 McElvaney, Jason (Harris County Appraisal District)

                                 South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

            HB 3138

                 For:

                                 Chaudhry, Sherry (Self; Choice hotels owners council region 10)

                 On:

                                 Wooten, Tim (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel Association)

                                 Cartwright, Debbie (Texas Taxpayers & Research Association)

                                 LeBas, James (AECT)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Smith, R Clint (Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals)

                 Against:

                                 South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

            HB 3148

                 Against:

                                 Elfant, Bruce (Self; Texas association of tax assessor collectors)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

            HB 3389

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kaplan, David (Self)

                                 Nolen, Robert (Harris County District Clerk)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

            HB 3514

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3709

                 For:

                                 Neal, Danny (McCulloch County)

                 Against:

                                 Szecsy, Rich (Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)

                 Against:

                                 Gipson, Mark (Pioneer Natural Resources)

                                 Golemon, Kinnan (Austin White Lime Company, Devon Energy, Noble Energy, Shell Oil

                                 Company)

                                 LeBas, James (TXOGA)

                                 LeBas, James (Texas Assoc of Manufacturers)

                                 Miller, Lindsey (Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association)

                                 Perkins, David (Martin Marietta)

                                 Sellers, Tom (ConocoPhillips)

                                 Shepperd, Ben (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)

                                 Snowden, Tara (Capitol Aggregates)

                                 Wright, Felicia (Texas Assn. of Builders)

            HB 3999

                 For:

                                 Blaker, Ken (Self; Catellus)

                                 Clinchard, Rob (Self)

                                 Malcom, Kat (Self)

                                 Michel, Lorri (Self; Mueller Foundation & Catellus)

                                 Zamora-Garcia, Blanca (Self)

                 Against:

                                 South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Naranjo, Mary (Self)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Wright, Felicia (Texas Assn. of Builders)

            SB 2242

                 For:

                                 LeBas, James (Texas Chemical Council)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ashley, Price (Cheniere Energy)

                                 LeBas, James (TXOGA)

                                 LeBas, James (Texas Assoc of Manufacturers)

                                 Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroluem)

                                 Oswald, Bill (Self; Koch Companies)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Sander, Lindsay (Cheniere Energy, Inc.)

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